Pranaman Posted June 11, 2008 What do you guys think of Paul Lam's 24 forms for a first learned Taijiquan series? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted June 12, 2008 I think it's as good a starting point as any to get your feet wet, provided you're learning from a teacher and not a book or video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pranaman Posted June 12, 2008 i've gotten in contact with a teacher and should start learning from him within the month...... would learning from a video be a complete waste of time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pietro Posted June 12, 2008 i've gotten in contact with a teacher and should start learning from him within the month...... would learning from a video be a complete waste of time? pretty much: When you are speaking about tai ji you are speaking of at least 3 things. One is the sequence of movements, the second is all the internal information that goes with the sequence, that you would not be able to grasp from a video, and third the more internal stuff which you just cannot know what a person is doing. Now if you already have got 2 and 3 from a previous form, you can get something from a video. If you are learning the form, and you need to remember some details, it might also be useful. But for the rest? Mah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bronzebow Posted June 13, 2008 I agree that using video/dvd is good when you already have instruction from a teacher, but it would be very difficult IMO to learn the internal aspects from a video. Chen Zhonghua is good IMO at teaching some internal aspects from a dvd but I'd still highly recommend having personal instruction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
